A new survey has revealed that Nigeria has become more divided now than it was four years ago.
The new survey was conducted by Africa Polling Institute (API).
According to the Nigeria Social Cohesion Survey (#NSCS2021) released on Thursday by API, 65% of citizens were interviewed, representing a whopping 20-points increase from 2019’s score of 45%.
The survey was undertaken to develop a social cohesion index for the Nigeria and measure citizens perception on the state of social cohesion.
The Nigeria Social Cohesion Index (NSCI) was computed as 44.2%, which is below the average 50 percentage point, and indicating that Nigeria is not as socially cohesive as it ought to be. The survey findings report growing citizens distrust towards the state and fellow citizens; as well as a proclivity towards ethnicity over nationalism.
It also reports that the country has become more divided today than it was four years ago, as observed by 65% of citizens interviewed; representing a whopping 20-points increase from 2019’s score of 45%.
The survey shows there is evidence to suggest that the country has become more divided along ethnic, socio-economic, political and religious lines, thereby threatening the social fabric, unity and peaceful co-existence of the country.
It also revealed that there is need for more proactive action on the part of government and stakeholders to promote peaceful co-existence, stability, inclusion and hope in Nigeria.
Africa Polling Institute (API), with the support of Ford Foundation, conducted a nationwide Citizens Perception Survey (CPS) to measure social cohesion in Nigeria, between the months of April and May 2021.
A total of 8,114 contacts were contacted, out of which 5,363 interviews were completed, representing a response rate of 66.09%.
All interviews were conducted by Face-to-face Household Interviews, using the Stratified Random Sampling technique; with citizens aged 18 years and above.
The interviews were conducted in five major languages: English, Pidgin, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba; and geographic quotas were assigned to ensure that all Senatorial Districts and States were proportionately represented in the sample.
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